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navel orange

navel orange noun: a type of orange in which the fruit encloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex, grown on trees descended by cutting and grafting from a single tree.

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Noun

navel orange (plural navel oranges)

  1. A type of orange in which the fruit encloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex, grown on trees descended by cutting and grafting from a single tree.
    Synonyms:
    navel

Synonyms of navel orange

Forms of navel orange

pluralnavel oranges

Questions about navel orange

What does navel orange mean?
Navel orange means a type of orange in which the fruit encloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex, grown on trees descended by cutting and grafting from a single tree.
What part of speech is navel orange?
Navel orange is a noun.
What is the plural of navel orange?
The plural of navel orange is navel oranges.

Words near navel orange in the dictionary

  1. navel
  2. navel gall
  3. navel galls
  4. navel gazing
  5. navel gazings
  6. navel orange
  7. navel oranges
  8. navel point
  9. navel points
  10. navel ring
  11. navel rings

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